She Was There

Fearing the end is near
He looks to his right and she is there
He thinks of every major moment
And she was there
He thinks of every time he was lost,
And she was there.
He thinks of the times when she asked for nothing,
and he gave her even less...
Yet she stayed.
He remembers the times when she called, but he was too busy to answer
Yet she eventually called back
He recalls the days that all she needed was a hug
But he had other obligations,
Yet her arms were open when he had the time.
He remembers how he was never ready to settle with her
He was looking for excitement and something new
Yet his something new had no face or name now...
He looks into her eyes for what will be the last time and he sees
All the pain he caused,
All the tears he provoked,
All the times he turned his back,
All the comebacks he made,
All the women he put before her,
All the time he lost with her,
All the dreams they never would see
He looked through his memory book
And only before he knew her, was he happy without her
She was there for him, but he knew he would pay her back
Because he thought they had forever...
She looks down into his eyes for what will be the last time
She remembers the day they met
She recalls how he hung on her every word.
She thinks of how it was too good...to be true
And then it was gone
She remembers the pain of seeing him walk away
She feels the joy of his return
She hears him say, "he just wants to live right now...they have plenty of time to get serious."
She takes her heart out of it, and tries to go with the flow
But for her it is love
She wants the best for him, so she is there
She wishes for his happiness, so she is there
She is happy when he smiles, so she is there to see it
But when he is happy, his smiles attract what is new and exciting
And he is lead away only to return when his smile is gone
But she is there
When she heard her phone ring, she answered
When he needed a hug, she obliged
When he was ready to settle down, she was already there
When he left, she waited
When he came back, she rejoiced
But as she looked into his eyes for that last time, she knew that forever was gone
She had given all that she had
And he had happily taken,
But now that he was ready and able to give,
She could use nothing he offered.
As their story came to a close,
He was overcome with regret for not being the man he thought he had forever to become
But she regrets nothing because her forever included a man she never sought to change
A man she saw the best in because she looked for nothing less
A man who was kind hearted
A man who wanted to experience it all
A man who was ambitious
A man who was optimistic
A man who at his worst, was still the best to her.
As he reached for one last touch
And his hand ran through her hair
For the first time, and the very last time
He was finally there